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package org.apache.catalina.ha.util;

import java.util.Iterator;

/**
 * @author Peter Rossbach
 * @version $Revision: 586738 $, $Date: 2007-10-20 22:57:18 +0800 (星期六, 20 十月
 *          2007) $
 */

public interface IDynamicProperty {

	/**
	 * set config attributes with reflect
	 * 
	 * @param name
	 * @param value
	 */
	public boolean setProperty(String name, Object value);

	/**
	 * get current config
	 * 
	 * @param key
	 * @return The property
	 */
	public Object getProperty(String key);

	/**
	 * Get all properties keys
	 * 
	 * @return An iterator over the property names
	 */
	public Iterator getPropertyNames();

	/**
	 * remove a configured property.
	 * 
	 * @param key
	 */
	public void removeProperty(String key);

}
